Kennesaw State students protest losing Black Studies program

Education is Resistance: KSU students protest termination of Black studies, other majors

Dozens of Kennesaw State University students voiced their frustrations during a protest on the decision by the school to end its Black Studies degree program outside the University System of Georgia Board of Regents office. Photo by Isaiah Singleton/The Atlanta VoiceThe new era of “stand up, fight back” is underway!Dozens of Kennesaw State University students voiced their frustrations during a protest on the decision by the school to end its Bla…

Students, faculty, and lawmakers protest KSU axing Black Studies degree

Nearly 100 Kennesaw State University students and faculty, along with concerned citizens and two state representatives, picketed outside the Georgia Board of Regents office near the State Capitol on Wednesday, demanding a reversal of the university’s decision to eliminate three degree programs.  Last month, KSU announced it would discontinue undergraduate majors in Black Studies, philosophy, and technical communication. The protestors are also s…

UPDATE: Kennesaw State students protest losing Black Studies program

ATLANTA — Dozens of Kennesaw State University students demonstrated outside the University System of Georgia offices Wednesday, protesting a decision by the school to terminate its Black Studies degree program.

Kennesaw State students protest at regents offices over the end of Black studies, philosophy majors

Dozens of Kennesaw State University students and others gathered outside University System of Georgia offices in Atlanta Wednesday to ask the Board of Regents not to eliminate majors in Black studies, philosophy and technical communication. The university announced last month…

Kennesaw State students protest losing Black Studies program

Dozens of Kennesaw State University students demonstrated outside the University System of Georgia offices Wednesday, protesting a decision by the school to terminate its Black Studies degree program.

Call to Action: KSU Must Do Better to Support Black Students and Reinstate Black Studies Program – Georgia House of Representatives

By State Representative Doreen Carter (D-Lithonia)  (321 words) As a proud alumna of Kennesaw State University and a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, I am deeply disappointed and disturbed by the university’s recent decision to eliminate the Black Studies major—alongside Philosophy and Technical Communication—and the troubling treatment of a student who peacefully protested … Continue reading "Call to Action: KSU Must Do Better to…